Livin' In America Lyrics

Oh Maria, I'm so sorry I wrecked your wedding You've just gotta believe me But just the thought of you takin' your clothes off for that jerk Oh, it got me drinkin' and then suddenl...Read Full Lyrics

Joined the service out of school in the year of '69 When the Doors were ridin' on the storm, Hendrix was alive And before I could blink an eye, I was sent to Vietnam To teach them ...Read Full Lyrics

In New York City I made my home I loved the streets, the very stones Cared for my comrades, cherished my friends Loved all beginnings, had no time for ends A city's streets are ful...Read Full Lyrics

Got into town on a Saturday night With a Fender guitar and I checked out the sights And I drank my way down to the Lower East Side 'Coz I was nuts about Thunders and Suicide Then ...Read Full Lyrics

Too much pain, too much sorrow Eyes bone dry, get on with our tomorrows I wake up in a pool of tears and sweat Cryin' for some friends I ain't never even met Then I hear the drone ...Read Full Lyrics

Maureen got married to a sanitation worker She's livin' out in Brooklyn with her mother in law And when her old man's sleepin' Maureen comes creepin' down to the local bar She stan...Read Full Lyrics

The strobe was pulsin' in the afterhours The booze was flowin' free When I first saw you across that room On down by houston street You were wrapped around a wiseguy For all the wo...Read Full Lyrics

I got a job in a band called Black 47 I was doin' nothin' special after 11 Oh we learned some tunes and wrote some songs And we bought ourselves a drum machine to keep the beat str...Read Full Lyrics

You can wreck my name, vilify me, stretch me on the rack But I won't bow down to any man, be he white or be he black Take away my passport, refuse to let me travel But I will not g...Read Full Lyrics

Oh Mary Mary, I think I'm crackin' up Everthing is fallin' apart My arms are empty and you have just put A fourty-five slug through my heart I've been riding the D train alll day a...Read Full Lyrics